Russian Abstract: Во втором квартале 2021 г, сальдо счета текущих операций составило 19,9 млрд долл. по сравнению с 1,6 млрд долл. годом ранее. Наблюдалось существенное...

Russian Abstract: В 2021 г., по предварительной оценке, сальдо счета текущих операций более чем в три раза превысило показатель предыдущего года. В том числе положительное...

In Q3 2021, the current account surplus of the RF balance of payments picked up considerably as compared to the same period of the previous year. It happened primarily owing to the appreciation of prices for primary products and increased export volumes thereof. At the same time, there was...

Russian Abstract: В первом квартале 2021 г. положительное сальдо торгового баланса России уменьшилось по сравнению с аналогичным периодом предыдущего года почти на треть...

This paper deals with Russia's monetary policy in 2013

In 2022, the Russian economy experienced a profound negative shock associated with the imposition of sanctions against Russia by a number of developed countries, including the freeze of the Bank of Russia’s international reserve assets, Russian banks being cut out of international payment...

The Bank of Russia's decision to reduce the key rate by 0.50 pp to 6.5% was caused by an inflation slowdown to 3.8% in October 2019 relative to October 2018, with a high probability of its continuing downward movement. In this connection, the Bank of Russia has revised its inflation projections...

In 2019, a sharp and largely unexpected slowdown in inflation led to a significant easing of monetary policy. Over the course of that year, the Bank of Russia reduced its key rate five times: four times by 0.25 percentage points on June 14, July 26, September 6, and December 13; and by 0.5...

Despite large scale external shocks seen in February-March 2020, there was no spike in inflation in Russia and at the period-end of June, the annual inflation rate came to merely 3.2%. After a short-term price surge, which was observed in MarchApril 2020, downward pressure on prices was exerted...

Inflation in Russia stood at 4.3% at 2018 year end, posting an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the central bank's target inflation rate and of 0.1 percentage points over its preliminary forecast. Early 2019 saw prices continue to heat up: consumer prices and services rose 0.7% in the...